Quiet n beautiful... just what we needed - We really enjoyed our kayak trip .. beautiful, calm river with lots of birdlife. Jose did a great job. The lunch afterwards was incredible...come hungry!

Best thing to do in Mazatlan - This was so fun! We kayaked the slow river, and had lunch in a Pueblo. It was an amazing experience for our family. Highly recommend!!

Pretty kayaking - amazing town and food - Cool ride once out of Mazatlán through authentic rural Mexican villages to the most quaint, Veranos. We had time before kayaking and enjoyed the beautiful hot springs pools and tequila distillery. The river was very pretty with small rapids. We saw a cow swimming, a ring tail forest cat and many cool birds. When finished, we had the best meal of our week in Mexico! Best day!

Discover the Mexican Country - The river was relaxing yet refreshing. The guide was informative, professional and curious. The lunch that was provided was EXCELLENT! Homemade with authentic Mexican flavours and care. Thank you

Awesome river kayaking excursion - What a great excursion! So nice to get out into the countryside. The kayaking was so much fun. The guides lead us through the gentle rapids and pointed out wildlife as we went. We were served a fabulous lunch afterwards. Everyone involved, including the coach driver, was upbeat and seemed happy to have us.

Beautiful river kayaking - I’m so glad we booked this tour. The scenery was beautiful and the wildlife was plentiful. Many species of birds, including herons, cranes, and ducks. It was interesting to see the cattle along the edges of the river. The kayaks were the sit - on style. They were fine although when going over the rapids, you were guaranteed to have water in your kayak. So a change of clothes would be a good idea. The rapids weren’t bad but a little scary for first timers. Of which we had two in our group , including an 80-year-old woman! I have to say, she’s not your average 80-year-old. Very healthy and fit. The lunch, after kayaking was wonderful! Delicious burritos, homemade tortillas with frijoles and pico de gallo, guacamole, and chilies. It was so delicious! And to top it off, we had flaming cheese with shredded carrots.

Fun but a bit of cardio involved! - I booked this for me and my dad who is a fairly fit senior. From the description I figured it would be pretty doable and my dad was excited about this. It was a pretty hot and sunny day in mazatlan - the ride to the Presidio River was about an hour from the cruise port and we did this excursion with one couple from our ship. The couple (who were a bit heavy was having problems staying afloat on their kayaks) ended up staying back so it was just me and my dad with one of the guides. The river was fairly gentle though there were some mild rapids - the kayaks were easy to operate but my dad still went over when he lost control of his kayak after hitting some rapids. The issue was our guide didn’t really speak English and while I tried to follow our guides path on the river, my dad didn’t realize that following him exactly was a must - otherwise you can hit some rapids wrong or end up on an area with low water levels and get stranded on rocks (both happened to my dad). After going over and paddling for 2 hours, my dad was wet, exhausted and sunburnt - he wasn’t happy :/ I did enjoy the trip - the rapids were fun and seeing all the birds was nice - but it was too much for my dad. The nice couple who couldn’t do the excursion were apparently left there with the guide and they had to pick them up afterwards where they took the 4 of us to lunch at the restaurant operated by the tour company. The spread was tasty, more food than 6 people could eat included beer, margarita or soft drinks. Afterwards it was another long drive back to the port. It was definitely a long day - nice but prob needed more guidance from our guides.

Not for people with zero rowing experience! - We had 4 in our group. 2 were experienced, 2 were not. I was asked when I booked if I needed an English or Spanish speaking guide, and I chose English. They gave us absolutely NO instruction whatsoever, just put our life jackets on and pushed us out which wasn't cool for the 2 people who had no idea what they were doing, trying to keep the current from taking them down while waiting for everyone else to get on their kayaks. Then the guy who spoke english stayed on the shore at first and sent us out with a guy who spoke no English. He did come and catch up eventually, but it made no difference! We still were getting no instruction. The only things he would say was "rapids, follow the guide". But then they would be so far ahead of the group, no one could actually watch them and see what path they took. Or they were complaining about wanting us to go faster. Sure, it could have been a little faster, but again, we had 2 in our group who had literally never even rowed a boat and we we all know, there's a technique to it that takes a little figuring out so we were trying to teach them the first several minutes as well. Eventually, my sister in law went over on some rapids, and those of us who were experienced knew she was safe and she would be fine, but she didn't! She completely panicked and was holding on to her kayak for dear life, just crying, and they sat there on their kayaks telling her she was fine and left us all to help her. Anytime someone needed assistance, they left us to go back and help each there. My sister in laws kayak kept taking in water after that and she was sinking. Eventually we got her to the shore and her partner switched kayaks with her. Again, the guides sat in their kayaks ahead of us watching. When we got to end and out of the water, they pulled the plug, and literally, a couple gallons of water came pouring out of the inner shell of the kayak! We were all like, seriously!? In the end, the 2 of us who were experienced loved it. The 2 who were not.. not so much. If you have people in your group who know nothing about rowing, I would not start here. They will teach you nothing! The lunch was great in the end. The tequila tour was pretty lame in comparison to the others I've done here. They point to an agave plant, tell you the process really quick in 60 seconds and you get to pick 1 or 2 to try. Most walk you through the process and it's typically pretty interesting, then you get to try every flavor. Overall, in the end we were left feeling like what did we even pay these guides for, we were basically on that water alone!

Couldn't book - If you're not on a cruise ship, you probably won't get to do this. We tried to contact them several ways--phone, email, instagram--no answer. We finally reached them via chat and they said they were available every day, so when we tried to book they were not available, They tried to substitute a lame alternative which basically involved paddling a kayak to nowhere interesting on our own.

No show - The operator confirmed time and pick up but did not show. I called the number and no one answered. Viator also tried to assist but wasn’t able to reach them either. They refunded the tour. The tour operator contacted me via email 90 minutes after our original pick up time to ask if we wanted to still take the tour. We had already started on alternate plans. I would have booked for another day but we were leaving the next day.